For all the talk about the increased boat traffic and fishing pressure on a late June weekend, Lake Guntersville fished almost the same Saturday as it did Friday for the 75 Bassmaster Elite Series anglers in the Academy Sports + Outdoors tournament.
As you can see in the chart below, the average weight of the bass brought to the scales dropped a bit – from 3.27 pounds Friday to 3.06 pounds Saturday. And the number of 20-pound bags fell considerably – from 14 to 6. But Kelley Jaye’s total of 24-12 and Ray Hanselman’s 24-1 easily topped Paul Mueller’s 22-14 big bag on Day 1. Four more fish were weighed Saturday and 69 limits were caught vs. 67 on Friday.
As expected, the top 35 two-day cut mark was congested. Garrett Paquette was the last man in with 31-10. Frank Talley was the first man out – in 36th place – with 31-7.
The following is a comparison of Day 1 and Day 2 at Lake Guntersville:
| Day 1 | Day 2 | |
| Bass weighed | 354 | 358 |
| Total pounds | 1,157-3 | 1,095-8 |
| Ave. wt./bass | 3.27 lbs. | 3.06 lbs. |
| Limits caught | 67 | 69 |
| Big bag | 22-14 | 24-12 |
| 20-lb. bags | 14 | 6 |
| Big bass | 7-0 | 6-14 |
| 1st place | 22-14 | 44-0 |
| 10th place | 20-7 | 37-9 |
| 35th place | 16-10 | 31-10 |